--- title: Simplify Serverless in AWS: How to Use Neon and... description: A step-by-step guide on using Neon Serverless Postgres with ephemeral environments in AWS. Covers Neon's key advantages over Aurora Serverless v2 (faster cold... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/simplify-serverless-in-aws-how-to-use-neon-and-ephemeral-environments-up1bbiag0 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Simplify Serverless in AWS: How to Use Neon and Ephemeral Environments | daily.dev og:description: A step-by-step guide on using Neon Serverless Postgres with ephemeral environments in AWS. Covers Neon's key advantages over Aurora Serverless v2 (faster cold... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/simplify-serverless-in-aws-how-to-use-neon-and-ephemeral-environments-up1bbiag0 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/UP1bbiaG0.png og:image:alt: Simplify Serverless in AWS: How to Use Neon and Ephemeral Environments og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Simplify Serverless in AWS: How to Use Neon and Ephemeral Environments **[Neon](https://daily.dev/sources/neontech)** · 9 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A step-by-step guide on using Neon Serverless Postgres with ephemeral environments in AWS. Covers Neon's key advantages over Aurora Serverless v2 (faster cold starts at 500ms vs 15s, built-in PgBouncer for 10,000 concurrent connections, instant data branching). Walks through building a TODO API with AWS Lambda and the Serverless Framework, demonstrating how to create and delete Neon database branches per environment using the Neon API SDK. Also covers integrating ephemeral database branches into CI/CD pipelines via GitHub Actions, enabling isolated test environments without polluting shared databases. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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